The role of post-mortem CT (PMCT) imaging in the diagnosis of pericardial tamponade due to hemopericardium: A case report

Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 150-153

  Filograna, Laura ^a,c   Flach, Patricia M ^a,b   Bolliger, Stephan A ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Hemopericardium; Pericardial tamponade; Post mortem CT; Post mortem CT angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POST MORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; POST MORTEM COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898729634     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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